Barrel-head-seating machine



Aug. 7, 1928.

J. MIELE BARREL HEAD SEATING MACHINE 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Aug. 23, 1926 IA'VENTOR.

MEI-1 Patented Aug. 7, 1928.

\ UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

muss 'EIELE, or BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOB or onE-roun'rn 'ro mcmuu.mama AND ONE-FOURTH TO THOMAS MIELE, BOTH or BROOKLYN, NEW 103x.

BABREIi-HEAD-SEA'IING MACHINE.

Application filed August 23, 1926. Serial No. 181,005.

This invention relates to rooving or seatmg machines and in partic ar toa. machine adapted for the )ur ose of providlng in a metallic barrel eaa suitable holding ridge.

A particular object of the invention is to provide a machine which canbe operated with a minimum of effort and which will effectively seat abarrel head in the end of a barrel or keg.

A further object of the invention is to rovide a machine having fewparts and which will be substantially automatic in its operation andwhich will effectively secure the metallic barrel head in position onthe end of the barrel.

A further, particular object of the invention is to provide a machinewhich can be quickly operated to effectively seat the head and then canbe reversed in its operation to relea e the work performing partsthereof so that the machine can be quickly lifted away from a barrelhead after the head itself has been properly seated therein.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a machine whichmay be clamped in place over the end of a barrel and will have its partsso arranged that when the same is clamped in position, a quickmanipulation of the parts of the machine will cause crimping or ridgingof the metallic barrel head to cause it to securely seat in the ridge inthe end of the barrel so that the head will be secured in position andwill not be forced out by weight of the contents of the barrel.

It is well-known that the provision of a suitable barrel head has longbeen a problem to manufacturers using kegs or small barrels for theshipment of rivets, bolts and the like and with a view to overcomingthis objection, I have provided a. metallic head for the end ofa barrel,which is placed in position over the barrel end and is clamped thereto.The machine is provided with suitable expanding arms carrying rollers attheir ends which will form in the side wall of the barrel head, asuitable ridge which. will be securely seated in the groove formedon theinner end of the barrel body, this groove and its ridge securing inplace the metallic barrel head and preventing it being forced out by theheavy contents of the barrel or keg, which as before stated, usuallyconsists of bolts; nuts or other heavy machme parts.

To enable others skilled in the art to fullv comprehend the underlyingfeatures of my lIlVeIltlOIl that they may embody the same in the variousmodifications in structure and relation contemplated, a drawingdepicting a preferred form has been annexed as a part of this disclosureand in such drawing,s1milar reference characters denote correspondmgparts throughout all the views, of which,

Figure 1 1s a view in section, taken on the llne 11 of Figure 2, showingin cross sectlon, a barrel and head therefor after the same has beenseated in place and grooved by my improved machine which is also shownpartly in cross section to illustrate the nterior construction thereof.

Figure 2 is a top plan View of my improved barrel head seating machineshowing the clamping arrangement through the medium of which the same issecured to theend of a barrel, a portion of the metallic head beingshown in section to show the position of the rollers when they are intheir ridge forming position.

Figure 3 is an enlarged section of a portlon of the upper end of thebarrel and the cover and the barrel head seating machine, the ridgeforming roller arms being shown in their grooved or ridge formingposition and the arm operating screw being shown in its lowermostposition.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary bottom plan view of the crimping or ridgingdisk and 1ts carrying arm, and

Figure 5 is a section taken on the line 55 of Figure 3 showing in crosssection the construction of the gear spoke arranged to provide a slot inwhich the disk carrying arm is slidably held.

Referring to the drawings in detail, 5 indicates the upper or lower endof a barrel which is ordinarily formed of wooden staves grooved at theirupper end as at 6 to form a continuous interiorly disposed groove. Inorder to hold the staves of the barrel together at their ends and toprovide a head for the end of, the barrel, I make use of a metallicplate 7 which is bent to provide an outer flange 8 which encompasses theupper ends of the barrel staves and forms, together with the inner wall9, a receptacle into which the end of the barrel projects when the coverof the barrel and is provided at its ends with suitable brackets 12and--13 in both of which are openings through which passes a draw bar 14the end of which is threaded as at 15 and provided with a locking nut'16. The opposite end of thedraw bar 14 is pivoted as at 17 in the forkedend 18 of a locking lever 19, the locking lever having its forkedend'providcd with the feet 20 so that an inward push on the lever 19draws the draw bar 14 to cause the hoop 11 to tightly grip the end ofthe barrel. The lever, when in the position shown in Fig. 2, serves tolock the hoop 11 securely about the barrel so that the machine issecured in position on the barrel head by reason of its connection tosaid hoop 11 through the medium of the straps 21, which are secured asat 22 to the outer ends of the frame 23, this frame 23 being providedwith suitable extending arms 24 to the ends of which the straps orconnecting strips 21 are secured. The strips 21 may be fastened in anymanner to thehoop 11 so that when the'hoop is secured on the barrel end,the machine frame 23 is prevented from having revolving movement orlongitudinal movement relative to the barrel end. The frame is providedwith a housing 25 in which is journalled a driving shaft 26, the outerend thereof carrying a handle 27 and the shaft being provided at itsintermediate portion with a driving pinion 28, this driving pinion 28meshes and drives a bevelled gear 29 which is castto provide a-centralsleeve 30 and radially disposed spokes 31. It will be noted that theframe arms 24 are provided at their ends with the downwardly extendingfeet portions 32. These feet portions are adapted to rest upon the upperedge of the barrel and to hold in position on the upper edge of thebarrel, the barrel end 7. When, the machine is in the position shown inFigs. 1 and 3, manipulation of the handle 27 will rotate the drivinggear 28 and consequently the bevelled gear 29. The sleeve 30 of thebevelled gear is provided with an internal bore 33 which has cut thereina coarse thread into which is positioned, an operating screw 34, thelower end of which is of conical shape 35 'and the intermediate portionof which is provided with a fine adjusting thread 36, it being of courseunderstood that the lower portion of the screw is provided with thecoarse threads 37 ,which operate in the mating threads 33', formed inthe bore of the sleeve 30. The portion 36 of the operating screw hasthreaded thereon, the adjusting collar 38, which is arranged to rotatewith the adjusting screw 34 through the medium of a key 39, which isseatedin suitable slots formed both in the collar 38 and in the screw34. The upper end of the screw 34 is provided with a handle bar 40, thepurpose of which will be hereinafter described.

The spokes 31 of the bevelled gear are under-cut as at 41 to provide aslot for the disk carrying arms 42, the inner end of the arms belngnormally disposed at the center of the bore in the sleeve 30, thesleeve, of course, being formed integral with said spokes. The innerends of the arms 42 are cut arcuately as at 43 and are also bevelled asat 44 so that they will fit snugly about the conical end 35 of theoperating screw 34, so that a downward movement of the operating screwwill force the arms 42 outwardly a distance, depending upon the downwardmovement of said operating screw. In order to normally maintain the armsin their retracted position, I provide in connection therewith, asuitable projection 45 carrying a pin 46, this pin 46 acts "as a guidefor a coil compression spring 47, disposed in a suitable cut-out in eachgear spoke 31, the opposite end of the coil spring abutting against theinner, peripheral edge of the spokes and being guided by another pin 48,positioned in the body of the spoke. The opening in which the coilspring is disposed is closed through the medium of a suitable coverplate 49 held in position in any suitable manner. The outer end of thearms 42 are provided with revolvable crimping or ridging disks 49, whichare shaped to suitably crimp the inner wall of the barrel head as at 10to provide therein, an outwardly extending ridge 10, which is securelyseated in the groove 6, formed in the inner end of the barrel, asalready referred to.

The action of the machine after it has been placed in position over theend of the barrel, as shown in Fig. 1, is accomplished by the turning ofthe handle 27 in the direction indicated by the arrow, which causes arevolving movement of the bevelled gear 29 in the direction alsoindicated by the. arrow. This revolving movement carries with it, theoperating screw 34 until the handle bar 40 on the operating screw comesinto contact with the vertical stop pin 50. This stop pin is shown inFig. 2 as seated in a boss 51, formed integral with the frame 23, thepin being held in adjusted, vertical position through the medium of asuitable looking or set screw 52. When the handle bar has come intocont-act with the stopping pin, it will be prevented from revolving andthe continued operation of the bevelled gear 29 will cause the downwardmovement of the disk carrying arms 42 to forcibly seat the disks againstthe barrel head to cause them to roll lntothe wall of the barrel headan. outwardly projecting rid e 10, as before described, which seats inthe groove 6 in the upper end of the barrel.

It will, of course be apparent that the operation of the bevelled gear29 causes also the travel of the crimping or ridging disks 49 around theinner periphery of the barrel head so that the crimping disks willcompletely revolve and will thoroughly form a deep ridge which will besecurely seated in the corresponding groove in the barrel end. Thecrimping operation will cease as soon as the handle 27 is reversed inthe direction of its rotation, and when such is the case, the gear 29and sleeve30 will carry with it, the operating screw 34 in the re versedirection. Durlng this reverse rotation, there will be no relativeadjustment of the disk carrying arms 42 so that the ridge will bethoroughly pressed by a return or reverse movement of the diskstherethrough until the handle bar 40 on'the upper end of the adjustingscrew again comes into contact with the opposite side of the verticalstop pin 50.

It will be noted that the collar 38 serves to limit the movement of theoperating screw 34 because when the operating screw 34 has a downwardmovement to expand the arms 42, the same will continue to move downwarduntil the collar 38 comes into contact with the end of the sleeve 30, atwhich time, further operation of the device will be revented due to thelocking of the operatmg screw 34 and the gear sleeve 30. However, areverse movement of the handle, as before described, causes therevolving of the operating screw 34 in the reverse direction until theopposite side of the stop pin 50 is engaged, at which time the operatingscrew 34 .will have an upward movement. This can be readily understoodby inspection of Fig. 3 when the handle bar 40 is in engagement with thestop pin 50, the screw will be prevened from rotating and willconsequently move upwardly, at which time the coil springs 47 willretract the arms 42 to withdraw the disks 49 from out of the groovewhich they have formed in the barrel head. The unclamping of the lever19 will permit the removal of the machine from the end of the barrel andthus complete the operation.

It will be noted, therefore, that I have provided an improved machinewhich will be efficient in its operation and which can be used tosecurely seat the head in the end of a barrel without the exertion ofenormous pressure, which is the case at present, in the application ofmetallic barrel heads to the ends thereof.

I have also provided an efliciently operating machine, which will do thework of two men and will do it much quicker and will also seat the headin the barrel more securely than has heretofore been possible by chiselor other manually operated means which have been used for the desiredpurose.

It will also be noted that I have provided a machine which willeffectively form an outstanding ridge peripherally of the interior wallof the barrel head so that the same is securely seated in the grooveformed in the interior end of the barrel itself so that anyextraordinarily heavy material, such for instance, as bolts, nuts, orthe like, usually shipped in kegs will not be able to force the head ofthe barrel out of position through their own weight. 1

While I have illustrated and described my invention with some degree of'particularity, I realize that in practice various Having thus describedmy invention, What I claim as new and desire to secure by United StatesLetters Patent is 1. A barrel head seating machine comprising aplurality of revolvable radially movable arms adapted to form a ridge ina barrel head whereby the same is securely seated in the end of a.barrel, and means for adj ustably locking the machine to the end of thebarrel.

2. A barrel head seating machine comprising a frame, means for lockingthe frame to the end of a barrel over a head, disc carrying arms forforming a locking projection in the head, a revolving member foradvancing said arms, and means whereby a reverse movement of therevolving member will alarms automatically upon a reverse rotation ofsaid arm revolving means.

4. A barrel head seating machine comprising a plurality of revolvablearms adapted to expand radially during their revolving movement in onedirection to form a. ridge in the barrel head whereby the same issecured to the endof a barrel, means IOPCZLUS- ing the radial movementof said arms, and means for varying the radial movement of the arms.

5. A barrel head seating machine comprising a frame, outwardly movablearms, a gear for revolving said arms around the upstanding flange of abarrel head, disks on the ends of sa-id,arms for forming in the head, anoutstanding ridge adapted to seat in the groove of a barrel end andsecurely lock the head in position, means for operating said gear, anarm advancing member carried by the gear, and means on the frameengaging said advancing member to prevent the rotation thereof whereby avertical arm advancing movement will be imparted thereto.

6. A. barrel head seating machine comprising a frame, an adjustablemeans for locking the frame to the end of a barrel over a head, and aplurality of arms having ridging disks revolvably operable around theinner periphery of said head for forming therein a.

locking projection adapted to seat in a groove formed in the end of abarrel, means for rotating the arms, means for moving the arms radiallyand means for varying the radial distance of movement of said arms. 7. Abarre'l head seating machine compristhe frame to the barrel end and overa head seated in said end, a plurality of revolving, yieldable arms insaid frame, ridge forming rollers on said arms for forming an out wardlyprojecting peripheral extension on the head adapted to seat in a. groovein the inner end of the barrel when the arms are projected outwardly,and an operating member for simultaneously moving said armsoutwardradially.

8..In a barrel head seating machine, a frame, a gear revolvable'in saidframe, radial arms carried by said gear, means for normally retractingsaid arms, an operating mg a frame, an adjustable lock for securingscrew for causing radial projection of said arms, means for operatingthegears, and means for limiting the rotary movement of saidscrew whereby avertical movement will be imparted thereto to operate said radial arms.

9. In a barrel head seating machine, a frame, a. gear revolvable in saidframe,

dial arms carried by said gear, ridge forming disks on said arms, meansfor normally retracting said arms, an operating screw for causing,during its vertical movement, a radial projection of said arms, meansfor operating the gear, means for limiting the rotary movement of saidscrew whereby a vertical movement will be imparted thereto to operatesaid radial arms, and means for limiting the vertical movement of saidoperating screw.

10. A barrel head seating machine comprising a. frame arranged to bepositioned on the barrel end and over a head seated therein, a gear,arms carried by the gear, crimping rollers carried by the arms andarranged to engage the head to form a seating flange therein, a pinmember threaded in said gear androtatable therewith and a projection onthe frame arranged to have contact with said pin member to prevent itsrotation with the gear whereby a vertical operating movement is impartedthereto, through its threaded connection with the gear.

11. A barrel head seating machine comprising a frame arranged to bepositioned on a barrel end and over a head seated therein, means forlocking the frame to the barrel, a gear, means for driving said gear,radially expandable arms earried by the ear,

crimping discs carried by said arms and arranged to engage the head toform a seating flange therein, an arm expanding member in said gear, androtatable therewith, and a projection on the frame arranged to havecontact with said operating member to prevent its rotation with the gearwhereby a vertical arm operating movement is. imparted thereto.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature. JAMES MIELE. [11. 5.]

